November 14, 2008 – 3:51 pm
Go hug all of your diabetes friends today!
November 4, 2008 – 7:10 pm
So, I have this friend… well, maybe she isn’t exactly a friend, but I grew up with her. We spent many days while we were growing up in the hospital together. Both having CF, sharing the trials, tribulations and frustrations of living with this disease. Having wheelchair races, playing chubby bunnies at 1am until the [...]
October 31, 2008 – 6:03 pm
October has been crazy. While I was getting settled in at my new job, mother nature threw me for a loop again. Yet another cold landed me back in the hospital. I sat for two weeks with gurgly lungs taking oral Levaquin and nebulized Tobi with no relief. Finally the nurses at work convinced me [...]
October 25, 2008 – 10:32 am
From the national cystic fibrosis conference going on in Florida this weekend. Frank Accurso is one of the ringleading researchers of Cystic Fibrosis (also my former childhood doctor and current boss). In the video below, as principle investigator, he speaks of an amazing new study drug, Vertex VX-770. This is not a cure, but it [...]
September 14, 2008 – 7:35 am
How on earth did a Crackberry help me in gaining control of my diabetes? Yea it sounds strange, but I was always out of luck when I was out and about and I was hungry. I admit I have a horrible memory and am horrible with remembering how many carbs are in foods but now [...]
September 13, 2008 – 7:23 am
Before I moved in with mom I had nearly eliminated high fructose corn syrup from my diet at the suggestion of my doctor. At first I didn’t believe that it would make me feel better, but I am sure that was just my resistance to change and convenience. This is difficult to do, but it [...]
September 12, 2008 – 7:02 am
This tool is priceless for people (with CFRD) with the crazy nutritional needs of CF. When I sit down to eat, I never know how much I will eat because my tummy is so moody. I can bolus a conservative amount of insulin at the beginning of the meal and if I happen to eat [...]
September 11, 2008 – 6:41 am
Thanks everyone who pitched in and helped me purchase my insulin pump and continuous glucose monitor. I, for the very first time since being diagnosed with CF related diabetes, have my blood glucose levels under control!!! What this means is I am at a much much reduced risk of the complications of diabetes such as [...]
September 10, 2008 – 4:41 pm
Well, it has been quite a while since I have posted. Here I thought I would have all the time in the world while I was unemployed to work on my blog, but I was soooo wrong!
This coming Monday I will be starting my new job, working with pulmonary research data at a [...]
August 25, 2008 – 3:29 pm
I think this will be very helpful for those who suspect they may have diabetes. I stole it from my Continuous Glucose Monitor class:
Target values from the American Diabetes Association (ADA)/American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)
Fasting/before-meal glucose: 90 mg/dL to 130 mg/dL (5.0 mmol/L to 7.2 mmol/L) (ADA);
<110 mg/dL (6.1 mmol/L) [...]
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